Analysis of Music Videos From Our Chosen Genre

Mise en scene: The Mise-en-Scene used is typical of the genre and fits well with the theme of the video. In the performance shots they are all wearing black which is very typical of the genre. In the asylum shots, they are wearing white surgical robes to link in with the theme.
Sound: No extra diegetic sound has been added.
Camera Angles: Handheld shots are used at the beginning of the video from the point of view of the patient lay on the bed showing the surgeons leaning over him. Dutch angles are used throughout the video to show confusion and dizziness from the perspective of the patient.
Narrative: The story line for the video is based around the fact that the song is called nightmare, and in the video the viewer sees the mans journey through the asylum type building. He goes past various rooms each with a different band member in them going insane. It shows how they all eventually lose control of the demons in their nightmares.
Relations between lyrics and visuals: Where it says "So sedated as they medicate your brain and while you slowly go insane." This is a common theme throughout the video and is enhanced by the use of dutch angles and fades to show the effects of the medication.
Editing: Fades are used lots and many of the shots are blurry to showing confusion and that the patient is slowly going more and more insane.
The video follows Goodwin's theory where it shows the most shots of the lead vocalist, who also plays the main character on the bed.





Mise en scene:The mise-en-scene follows the motif created by Slipknot, that being their masks that they always wear. They are also all wearing dark clothing. Each room has a colour palette that it sticks to so they everything blends together causing the lead singer to stand out, although all the colours throughout the video are fairly muted and dark.
Sound: Diegetic sound has been added at the beginning of the video, there is wind whistling and you can hear the shovel dragging along the concrete and then digging into the ground.
Camera Angles:
Narrative: The story basically begins with a man digging into the ground and as he falls through the ground he changes into the lead singer. It then follows him around various underground rooms containing the other band members.

Goodwin's theories are shown in this video through the main focus being on the lead singer and also the voyeurism shown through all the females in the video being dressed in provocative clothing.